Genesis 28:21:8Gen.28.21.W8PAT
לֵאלֹהִֽים׃
leelohim
“as God”
- Transliteration
- le-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- leh-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /leː.ʔɛ.lo.ˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- as God
- French
- comme Dieu
- Spanish
- como Dios
- Portuguese
- como Deus
- German
- als Gott
- Russian
- как Бог
- Arabic-Simplified
- كَاللَّهِ
- Hindi
- परमेश्वर के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为神
- Korean
- 하나님으로
- Indonesian
- sebagai Allah
- Bengali
- ঈশ্বররূপে
- Tagalog
- bilang Diyos
- Swahili
- kama Mungu
- Amharic
- እንደ እግዚአብሔር
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí Ọlọrun
- Igbo
- dịka Chineke
- Twi
- sɛ Onyankopɔn
- Ewe
- abe Mawu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לֵ + א + לֹ + הִֽים׃
↓
le + e + lo + him
↓
leelohim
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH LI le-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ve-shav-TI ve-sha-LOM el-BEIT a-VI ve-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH LI le-e-lo-HIM
In context — Genesis 28:21
I return in peace to the house of my father will be LORD to me as God
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 28:21, so the Hebrew word לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ (leelohim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.28.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.21.W8.S1) and character.